The rains of springtime have greened up the Badlands of North Dakota, as an eastbound BNSF coal train snakes through through the curves at Sully Springs on June 20, 2015.

A BNSF coal train makes its way through the North Dakota Badlands at Sully Springs on August 26, 2018, while eastbound on the railroad’s Dickinson Subdivision.

An eastbound BNSF coal train passes milepost 143 as it slinks through the Badlands at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on August 26, 2018.

Empty coal train on the S-curve at Sully Springs on a lovely summer day a few years back. I wasn't sure he was going to get sun, but he did...barely.

Empty coal train on the S-curve at Sully Springs on a lovely summer day a few years back.

BNSF ES44C4 6395 leads a loaded gravel train east over the west switch at Sully Springs, ND.

A westbound Burlington Northern coal empty is tucked in Sully Springs siding and a crewman is on the ground to make a visual inspection as an eastbound coal train approaches on the main line on th... (more)

A pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD60Ms, followed by a BN SD40-2, pull an eastbound coal train through the rugged Badlands at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on October 5, 1996.

On August 26, 2018, an eastbound BNSF coal train works upgrade through the curves at milepost 143 on BNSF’s Dickinson Subdivision in the Badlands at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on August 26, 20... (more)

Slinking through the curves in the desolate Badlands at Sully Springs, North Dakota, is a westbound BNSF coal train on the afternoon of June 19, 2015.

A westbound BNSF coal train swings through the curves at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on August 26, 2018. Running as rear DPUs are BNSF EMD SD70ACe No. 9369 and CREX GE ES44AC No. 1331.

Led by a pair of EMD SD70ACes, a westbound BNSF coal train passes the west switch of Sully Springs siding in the Badlands of North Dakota, on August 26, 2018.

Led by a pair of EMD SD70ACe locomotives, a westbound BNSF unit oil train heads through Sully Springs, North Dakota, on August 25, 2018.

A short BNSF work train loaded with track equipment and powered by lone GE ES44C4 No. 8290 rambles through the curves just west of Sully Springs, North Dakota, on August 26, 2018.

A BNSF coal train works upgrade through the curves at milepost 143 in the Badlands at Sully Springs, North Dakota, on August 26, 2018.